# Roadmap

_Note: Links are for highlight purposes only until feature specific documentation is complete._

**Complete:** _(in testing)_

- **[File discovery](#features)** - Scan devices, drives and cloud accounts to build a directory of all files with metadata.
- **[Preview generation](#features)** - Auto generate lower resolution stand-ins for image and video.
- **[Statistics](#features)** - Total capacity, index size, preview media size, free space etc.

**In progress:**

- **[File Explorer](#features)** - Browse online/offline storage locations, view files with metadata, perform basic CRUD.
- **[Realtime synchronization](#features)** - Data index synchronized in realtime between devices, prioritizing peer-to-peer LAN connections (WiFi sync).

**To be developed (MVP):**

- **[Photos](#features)** - Photo and video albums similar to Apple/Google photos.
- **[Search](#features)** - Deep search into your filesystem with a keybind, including offline locations.
- **[Tags](#features)** - Define routines on custom tags to automate workflows, easily tag files individually, in bulk and automatically via rules.
- **[Extensions](#features)** - Build tools on top of Spacedrive, extend functionality and integrate third party services. Extension directory on [spacedrive.app/extensions](#features).

**To be developed (Post-MVP):**

- **[Cloud integration](#features)** - Index & backup to Apple Photos, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive & Mega + easy API for the community to add more.
- **[Encrypted vault(s)](#features)** - Effortlessly manage & encrypt sensitive files, built on top of VeraCrypt. Encrypt individual files or create flexible-size vaults.
- **[Key manager](#features)** - View, mount, dismount and hide keys. Mounted keys automatically unlock respective areas of your filesystem.
- **[Redundancy Goal](#features)** - Ensure a specific amount of copies exist for your important data, discover at-risk files and monitor device/drive health.
- **[Timeline](#features)** - View a linear timeline of content, travel to any time and see media represented visually.
- **[Media encoder](#features)** - Encode video and audio into various formats, use Tags to automate. Built with FFMPEG.
- **[Workers](#features)** - Utilize the compute power of your devices in unison to encode and perform tasks at increased speeds.
- **[Spacedrive Cloud](#features)** - We'll host an always-on cloud device for you, with pay-as-you-go plans for storage.
- **[Self hosted](#features)** - Spacedrive can be deployed as a service, behaving as just another device powering your personal cloud.